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"Oh for fuck's sake!" or words to that effect, were exclaimed by Joe Cole as he was subbed off for David N'Gog towards the end of yesterday's Europa League match against Steaua Bucureşti. I rather suspect more than a few watching the match muttered much the same thing for every minute after the sixtieth he remained on the pitch, it having become painfully clear he wasn't going to find his form immediately on return from injury and that it might be better to have him make way for a player who could conceivably effect the outcome.